xiii, 175 pages : 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-165) and index

Introduction: Responding to the Challenge of Habitat Destruction in Latin America -- pt. I. Deforestation and Its Causes and the Challenge of Sustainable Forest-based Activities. 1. Deforestation in the American Tropics: The Regional and Global Stakes. 2. The Causes of Excessive Habitat Destruction. 3. Putting an End to Ecosystem Depletion -- pt. II. The Economic Returns of Environmentally Sound Harvesting of Forest Products and of Nature-based Tourism. 4. Harvesting of Nontimber Products. 5. Environmentally Sound Timber Production. 6. Genetic Prospecting. 7. Nature-Based Tourism -- pt. III. Key Elements of an Integrated Strategy for Habitat Protection and Economic Progress. 8. Another Approach to Habitat Conservation: Agricultural Intensification. 9. Paying for Habitat Conservation and Investing in Human and Social Capital

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